The Sierra Railway Company of California was incorporated on February 1, 1897 and completed its initial 57 mile main line
from Oakdale to Tuolumne on February 1, 1900. Construction was accomplished by various contracts with the West Coast Construction
Company, a New Jersey corporation. A 20 mile extension from Jamestown to Angels was operated from September 1902 to March
1939 and temporary extensions were laid during the early 1920's for work on the Don Pedro Dam of the Turlock and Modesto Irrigation
Districts and the Melones Dam of the South San Joaquin and Oakdale Irrigation Districts.

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